⬇️ Hoe de Trukendoos vd Twijfel werd ingezet om stikstofbeleid te vertragen. Gelukkig is die stoffige trukendoos🎩🐰een enorme kans om de weerbaarheid van publiek, journalisten, beleidsmakers & scicomms tegen misinfo te vergroten. Het kan, maar we moeten wel keihard ad bak. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

Hoe Trumps wereld invloed kreeg op het Nederlandse stikstofbeleid

Landbouw: Hoe kreeg een Amerikaanse wiskundige die staande houdt dat Trump in 2020 de verkiezingen won, invloed op het Nederlandse stikstofdebat? Met…

John Cook in @nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/c...

The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists

The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial.

The Teachers' guide to Cranky Uncle is now available in 7 languages ⬇️ Let's get cranky and go to crankyuncle.com!

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The "Teachers' Guide to Cranky Uncle" has been translated into Albanian and Macedonian! It's now available in 7 languages to help educators bring critical thinking skills into their classrooms! Thanks to @nienkehaan.bsky.social & the volunteer translators making this possible! sks.to/crankyguide?...

Blog over het ontwikkelproces van de Cranky Uncle Vaccinatie game ism Unicef, Sabin, Goodbeast & Irimi. Het spel gebruikt zowel fact- als logic-based inoculatie om de weerbaarheid tegen misinformatie over vaccinatie te vergroten. crankyuncle.com/co-designing...

Als er, bewust of onbewust, onjuiste of misleidende informatie over wetenschappelijke topics de wereld in wordt geslingerd is het simpelweg benoemen van feiten of wetenschappelijke bevindingen vaak niet voldoende.  Een draadje 🧵⬇️ /1

Several hundred companies have taken part in workshops on strengthening democratic values and making their employees more resilient to misinformation. A strong democracy, accurate information, and an absence of hate is good for businesses and society. More please! www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/w...

What do we know about attacks on science and evidence-based policy-making? New review by @lewan.bsky.social@profsanderlinden.bsky.social@naomioreskes.bsky.socialwww.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great article by Melanie Trecek-King (Thinking is Power) on how she uses active, technique-based inoculation in her classroom. I would have loved to participate in a fun class like that when I was a student! skepticalinquirer.org/2023/10/inoc...

Inoculating Students against Misinformation by Having Them Create It | Skeptical Inquirer

We are drowning in misinformation. From wellness influencers making wildly inaccurate and baseless nutrition claims to fringe medical “professionals” selling pseudoscientific “treatments” onli...

Spooky inkviszwam (Devil's vingers).

Featuring our research into media headlines across EN, DE and FR outlets from back in February (linked in the comments), and my thoughts about how things have escalated since. The direction of travel here is not good. www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/enemies-of-s...

“Enemies of Society”: How the Media Portray Climate Activists

Disruptive climate protests are held responsible for alienating the public from a just cause. But the demonisation of climate activism is nothing new.